Too many choices?

Your writer’s life doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s… [The Writer’ s Life]( November 11, 2022 "Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream." – Debby Boone Happy FriYAY, {NAME}! One of the best things about being a writer today is there are SO MANY WAYS to make money. But that bounty creates a problem too … SO MANY CHOICES! Things were easier 25 years ago when AWAI started training writers … If you wanted to make great money, you wrote sales letters. Choice made! But today? There are over 80 ways to get paid. And that list is growing … [Today at 3:00 p.m. ET]( we're going to cover one of the choices available to you right now that's building steam FAST … The companies in it are fighting to find writers who can take on more than a DOZEN writing projects that don't take you a lot of time to write … And these companies are happily paying writers $2,000 … $3,000 … even as high as $5,000 on a regular basis … Even if you're just starting out. I will say, this one has me VERY excited … The potential is so big, and it's a writer's dream … the client hands you everything you need, and you get to head off into your writing cave and write. But it is ANOTHER choice! What's a writer to do? Here's my advice … Whenever you're faced with a challenge in this industry, look to the people who have already overcome it … Specifically, the members who are part of this wonderful community, paying it forward to the next generation of up-and-coming writers. Writers like Michele Peterson … Along with being an AWAI Success, and now a Teaching Assistant for some of our Certifications, she's one of the kindest people I know — always offering to help writers move to the next rung on the ladder. Today she's here to help you through the "too many choices" problem. As I mentioned, later today you're going to be faced with yet another choice. I don't want to shelter you from it though … Because whether you're looking to break into well-paid writing or increase the money you're making from your writing skills, you need to know about [this one](. It's new, it's booming, and it's going to launch thousands of new writing careers. That's why I'm holding a LIVE workshop today at 3:00 p.m. ET with one of the top writers who has stepped in to meet the insane and growing demand for this kind of copy. [You can grab the access instructions here.]( I'll see you at 3 p.m. … and now, over to you Michele! [Rebecca Matter’ s signature] Rebecca --------------------------------------------------------------- Choices. They're a double-edged sword. On one hand, choices represent the different possibilities out there waiting for us to claim them. On the other hand, having choices means it's our responsibility to actually CHOOSE something. And it can be overwhelming — even scary sometimes — to make the decision to choose something. But not choosing? Well, there are consequences to that choice, too. This was illustrated perfectly for me one Thanksgiving years ago. It was a year when we had a huge gathering at my house. In addition to my husband and our son, who was a toddler at the time, my parents were there as well as my in-laws. My sister, her husband, and their teen-aged son came from out of town. My brother-in-law, his significant other, and their kids were all there. Aunts, uncles, cousins … everyone showed up that year. We had to rent extra tables and chairs, and move furniture out of the way to make room for everyone to sit down and share a meal together. We prepared massive amounts of food. But the most memorable were the desserts. Oh, the Desserts! We wanted to have enough choices so that everyone would find something they liked. So we made five different kinds of pie: pumpkin, pecan, apple-cranberry, boysenberry, and grasshopper. The grasshopper pie was chosen to appeal to all the boys, some of whom were young enough — and gullible enough — to believe it was really made with grasshoppers. And in addition to all the pie, we also had chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal cookies, and peanut butter cookies out on trays. My mother-in-law brought her signature holiday fudge. Someone else brought brownies. There were so many choices! It was sweet-tooth overload. My teen-aged nephew Jeremy didn't want to choose. He wanted ALL the options. And this one time, we let him go for it. He ate a slice of every kind of pie. He ate one of each kind of cookie. He ate some fudge, and he ate a brownie, too. He was determined to take advantage of each and every dessert choice there was that Thanksgiving. He did it. And, yes, he paid the consequences that night and the next day. It turns out that even teen-aged boys don't really have bottomless pits for stomachs! All the choices you can make — all the possibilities — of a writer's life are just like those desserts piled up on an overflowing buffet table. They're all delicious. But you can't possibly eat all of them. You have to choose. Your Choices Define Your Writer's Life Some of the first choices you make in defining your version of the writer's life are: - Clients or no clients? - In-house employee or freelance business? - Full-time or side hustle? These aren't multiple-choice questions with right or wrong answers. All choices are valid. Each answer has proven to work for different writers. So it all comes down to what do YOU want? It's like all the desserts at our Thanksgiving … We made such a variety because we knew that everyone didn't have the same taste preferences. Each option was delicious in its own right, but each dessert wasn't right for everybody that we were serving. Similarly, each version of the writer's life is great, but each isn't right for everybody. And then, some of the other choices you'll make in defining your writer's life involve the kind of writing you want to spend your time doing. For example, my writer's life started out with [web copy]( … specifically taking websites from boring corporate-speak online brochures to engaging, conversational pages that directed the reader to DO something, to take some sort of action. Then I added [social media]( and [email copywriting]( to my writer's life. I added content marketing, [blogging](, [SEO](, and [UX](. But, unlike my nephew, I didn't add all these specialties to my plate all at once. And I didn't even have the desire to want to do it all. I took a little taste of writing [white papers]( and decided that wasn't for me, although I knew writers who were finding a lot of success doing just that. Same thing with [financial sales letters]( and [video sales letters]( … I saw fellow writers living really great lives — making good money — doing this kind of writing. But it wasn't for me. It wasn't MY writer's life. And I came to realize that that's okay! AWAI doesn't have such a huge product catalog with so many choices because I have to know it all and do it all to live a successful writer's life. They offer so many options because they're serving such a large and diverse family … all of whom have different tastes and preferences. This realization helped me settle in and enjoy the options I'd selected to be on my plate. And that's when my writer's life became the satisfying success that it is today. Choosing Which Strategies and Tactics to Use Just as you get to choose what kind of writing to do, you also choose which strategies and tactics are right for you. Let's take getting clients as an example … There are MANY different strategies and tactics for [getting clients](. Ilise Benun teaches using LinkedIn to connect with prospects. Jay White sends cold emails. Michael Katz leverages existing relationships. I used networking events and asking for referrals to get clients. All of these strategies and tactics are proven to work. But you don't have to put all of them to work for you! You only need one. You just have to choose the one that fits YOU best. And then consistently take action. Of course, just like with the kinds of writing you choose to do, you aren't limited to just a single choice. But mastering one at a time is usually a wise move, because some flavors just don't blend well. (Imagine what pumpkin pie and grasshopper pie would taste like mashed together! Or maybe it's better not to!) Other decisions you'll make as a writer involve things like scheduling your day, organizing your workflows, handling invoicing and accounting, etc. Your choices don't have to be the same as mine or as any other writer's … Your writer's life doesn't have to look the same as mine or as any other writer's … The power of the writer's life is that you get to do you! Instead of being overwhelmed by all the choices laid out on the table, try feeling empowered with the knowledge that there isn't a wrong answer. There is something on the table that's just right for you. So grab your slice of the pie, and enjoy! 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